So much adventure! It's been hard to keep up with posting.
Yesterday we took Kio out to the Magnetic Rock, a large glacial erratic with high iron content that will deflect your compass if you get near to it.
We weren't sure if Gypsy would make the trip but she did! She fell a bit behind the youngsters, but caught up at the Rock and kept up with the pack for the trip back.
Gypsy continues to surprise us with her energy and drive once we get out in the wilderness. Back home, she seems to slow down on the easy, routine loops around the neighborhood, but the challenging terrain up here seems to loosen up her achy joints and gets her mentally engaged in exploring the world.
Having Kio along means a LOT of great photos that are hard to choose among for posting...
Despite the warm, sunny weather during the day (40-50F/4-10C) it's still below freezing at night. Cold enough to keep the lake frozen and safe enough for skijoring with the youngsters Zeena and Tonttu across the crusty snow. We got going VERY fast over some sections!
We discovered that resorts to the east of us had cleared an ice-skating trail between them, so you could have cocktails at the Poplar Haus, and dinner at White Pine (or vice versa!) But even by mid-morning the dark ice was already covered in a pool of melted water.
Still, Tonttu loved running on the skating trail over the snow, for some reason.
It was nice to be out on the canal again for first time in a few years even if it was a complete and unmitigated disaster for my finances and mental health 😔😅
That's life though I guess.. what sucks is I can't even get fixed because the only Panasonic authorized repair shop in Canada requires you to have a credit card before you can send them a camera for repair.. fml
The canal was only open for a few days before the weather got too warm and they closed it again..
"In retrospect, I may not have made my neighbors' sidewalks safer by shoveling them between the snow storm and the freezing rain, but I guess I did make them more fun."
(short video shows the legs/feet of someone who is ice skating down the sidewalk)
This is a first. Watched the #boston common Frog Pond skating rink today and witnessed the Zamboni driver basically phoning it in. Obviously had a festive #Christmas.
He made some generous laps, missing some patches and going over the same lanes several times.
In the end it was fine but entertaining from the sidelines. #iceskating#frogpond
It's been years since the ice was this smooth. A pity we can only enjoy it for a day or two as it wiil start to thaw tonight. This is near the Kinderdijk windmills. The sound of skates on relatively thin, 'fresh' ice is just wonderful. #natuurijs#schaatsen#iceskating